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6541
« on: March 29, 2015, 01:39:55 PM »
This kind of highlights the problem. Conservatives defend it because they recognize that it's not about discriminating against gay people, it's about not being compelled to participate in actions that conflict with their convictions. On the other side, Liberals can't recognize this and assume it's all about hating gays.
For the love of God, this. Freedom is more important than somebody's feelings. And the same is true of private service and the they choose to refuse.
6542
« on: March 29, 2015, 01:36:33 PM »
Oh fuck off Putin.
This is just going to exacerbate the trend of liberals and social justice warriors being complicit in the actions of (semi-)fascist regimes.
6543
« on: March 29, 2015, 01:35:06 PM »
That's a really poor analogy though. A better one would be for the Muslim-owned restaurant choosing not to serve anything to Christians and deny them service for the sole reason that the Christians follow a different religion.
Which is honestly fine. It's bigoted, it's immoral sure. But it's fundamentally no different--from the perspectives involved--of a Jew declining to serve a neo-Nazi.
6544
« on: March 29, 2015, 01:32:29 PM »
One of the most justified wars in the history of Western warfare.
Explain?
You're better off referring to what Christopher Hitchens had to say on the issue. The war didn't really end in 1992, there was a just long interlude. Pretty much everybody politically aware at the time knew just where our relations with Iraq were going; nobody was duped into a war. Hussein was a Middle Eastern Stalin, subjecting hundreds of thousands of Shi'a Muslims and Kurds to genocide--including the use of WMDs--as well as creating one of the biggest ecological disasters in his draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes. He's was a psychopathic fundamentalist, capable of taking the Strait of Hormuz and controlling 20pc of the world's oil supply, he harboured international criminals and terrorists and was incredibly militant towards neighbouring countries like Iran and Kuwait. Did we make mistakes? Yes. But we are not responsible for the current situation of Iraq, which is a result of Nouri al-Maliki's partisanship and marginalisation of Sunni leaders who had been pivotal to the establishment of security in the country. He led a genocidal, fascist government. If anybody has ever deserved to die, it was Saddam Hussein. And in the long-run Iraq will be better off for the war having been prosecuted.
6545
« on: March 29, 2015, 01:24:34 PM »
One of the most justified wars in the history of Western warfare.
6546
« on: March 29, 2015, 01:20:44 PM »
How would a business owner know if someone was gay? Like unless they told him, he'd have no clue.
They give off a scent. If you can't smell it, it means you're a faggot too.
6547
« on: March 29, 2015, 01:09:18 PM »
What was the person trying to steal?
He'd nicked like three bottles of Vodka.
6548
« on: March 29, 2015, 01:08:40 PM »
Good.
Nobody likes bigotry. Which is why consumers should take some fucking responsibility in dealing with it. No private citizen is obligated to serve anybody anything. A business owner should be allowed to turn me away simply because I have Rosacea, no matter how much it pisses me off.
6549
« on: March 29, 2015, 12:54:11 PM »
MFW Sargon has won over Meta
I've always like Sargon, but I've only just become a recent watcher.
6550
« on: March 29, 2015, 12:39:36 PM »
Oh my God, academia is dying. Stories included: Apparently, according to Jessica Valenti, massive inconsistencies in a "rape victim's" story doesn't mean the rape didn't occur.A women threw a molotov cocktail at anti-abortion activists. A Democratic representative for Indianapolis has claimed a colleague's toddler is racist, because he cried when he saw her. Brown Universities sexual assault task force kicked into high-gear when they learned an upcoming talk included a libertarian who might criticise the use of the term "rape culture". Students claimed she would de-legitimise the stories of rape victims, and so the task force set up a "safe room" with with cookies, coloring books, bubbles, Play-Doh, calming music, pillows, blankets and a video of frolicking puppies, as well as students and staff members trained to deal with trauma. In that same story, Christ Church College as Oxford University (y'know, the second most prestigious university in the U.K.) called off an abortion debate upon learning that both debaters would be male. And, of course, it wouldn't be complete without some hysterical feminist sexism when--at a high school bake sale--male students were charged more for confectionery to highlight the (factually incorrect) "gender pay gap". And, in six British universities a new, student-led campaign called "Why is my Curriculum White?" is trying to artificially introduce diversity into philosophy courses. And, of course, there was the students swapping applause for jazz hands at an National Union of Students event to prevent "triggering" anxiety. Fuck me.
6551
« on: March 29, 2015, 11:22:50 AM »
I prevented a car jacking. And been a Firefighter.
Well la de da.
6552
« on: March 29, 2015, 11:17:21 AM »
I ended up grabbing him around the neck and helping the security guard to drag him back inside.
What the fuck have you faggots done with your non-lives?
6553
« on: March 28, 2015, 07:22:31 PM »
But specific economies cannot function without a rule function.
I don't disagree. The question is who can write those rules, and how should they be applied.
The point being internal competition over those rules is not a good thing when those competing interests have authority. It's all well and good to lobby the government whether you're a trade union or a business magnate, but not when you're writing them.
6554
« on: March 28, 2015, 07:15:23 PM »
Is the state not a player?
You're thinking too widely. International organisation from the U.N. to the E.U. are jokes--with the possible exception of NATO. Think nationally. You can't conflate the two levels of organisation. Macroeconomically, governments compete to make themselves more attractive. They cut taxes, regulation, increase subsidies--whatever they can. But specific economies cannot function without a rule function.
6555
« on: March 28, 2015, 06:58:18 PM »
What is the Global War on Terror, if not a concerted effort to destroy groups like IS? Currently? It's exactly not a concerted effort. Could you explain why this is? What makes you think allowing the players to define the game is efficient in any way?
6556
« on: March 28, 2015, 06:56:33 PM »
It's really not. You can privatize pretty much anything, and not only will it it run, it will run better than any centrally-run system.
Shit like this is why libertarians aren't taken seriously.
It's true. But the one thing you really cannot privatise are the rules. It'd be like the pieces writing the rules for chess. Self-interest cannot function macroeconomically.
6557
« on: March 28, 2015, 06:18:47 PM »
You're assuming that the market cannot produce secular armed groups who can be paid to protect people. No, I'm assuming the market can't efficiently produce such groups. The private sector is great at operating within a solid system of free enterprise on a legal foundation. The problems that come with governmental regulation of any kind are merely exacerbated when you throw the responsibility totally on the market. It isn't just one potentially problematic imposition, it's several. Try as it might, the market will not ever remove corruption without a monopolised arbiter. Capitalism is not a principle, it's an expediency which is only incredibly valuable because of the prosperity it has managed to create. I don't care that governments are coercive, I only care when governments are too coercive, and the whole point of contemporary politics is drawing that line. You might call the government a mafia, but they make for a more agreeable mafia than the CEOs of Silicon Valley would if they had that sort of authority. Finally, you seem to have forgotten that the world's nation-states, which are more powerful than they have been at ANY point in history, have so far been unable to stop groups like IS anyway.
Because a legitimate concerted effort has been made, right? It doesn't matter than government's are inefficient when it comes to security. It just matters that they're significantly less inefficient than the market would be. Fuck, I mean you can even have PMCs if you want, but you can't have PMCs writing the rules to game they're supposed to be playing.
6558
« on: March 28, 2015, 05:52:12 PM »
Laws are opinions with guns behind them, nothing more.
Who gives a fuck? I'd rather have a Buddhist behind me with a gun than a Muslim. Are governments coercive? Yes. Are governments dangerous? Of course. Are they corrupt? Invariably. But it's nothing that would happen without some sort of centralised authority in question. Maniacal and fanatical groups like ISIS aren't going to give a fuck if our merchants are amiable.
6559
« on: March 28, 2015, 05:48:46 PM »
Any names come to mind? <.<
Medhi Hasan is the only name that really comes to mind.
Hmm no, it's not him unfortunately >.>
A bit longer hair than that, and skinnier I think. Wears like cardigans that are also grey <.<
Oh fuck, it could be Maajid Nawaz?
6560
« on: March 28, 2015, 05:34:41 PM »
Any names come to mind? <.<
Medhi Hasan is the only name that really comes to mind.
6561
« on: March 28, 2015, 05:01:15 PM »
You can privatize pretty much anything
Not the law, or its enforcement.
6562
« on: March 28, 2015, 04:46:03 PM »
What kind of retard can't live free of government?
Say what you like, but government is necessary to have a functioning society and economy. Private enterprises simply cannot, in an efficient manner, operate services like security--be it domestic or foreign. A monopoly on the enforcement of rules is a must for any civilisation, whether or not you agree with the rules in question.
6563
« on: March 28, 2015, 04:44:07 PM »
I meant that the [sic] obviously means they're refering to something, if they even know what it means. Is there some article or piece of writing by the "old white men" they're talking about in which they made that spelling mistake?
The [sic] was added to a quote from the NUS by the author of the piece I've quoted, to draw attention to the NUS's spelling error.
6564
« on: March 28, 2015, 04:41:54 PM »
What the hell is this talk show? I've seen it here several times and it's always ridiculous. Why are people watching this?
Free Speech? The show Sargon is interjecting? It's on the BBC and it's honestly only ever really good when it has conservatives on. And I'm not saying that as a matter of bias; it caters to a young audience. For the run-up to the general election, they've been having figures on from across the spectrum and--last tuesday--when they had four conservative people on (one minister, two journalists and a businesswoman) one of the journalists was essentially shouted down for pointing out that the GINI co-efficient is lower under the current Conservative government than the last Labour government. And the businesswoman was brayed at for not identifying as a feminist. So when James Delingpole is shouted down for saying obvious things like 'you'd expect to find more white racists in a white society', it's simply a matter of course.
6565
« on: March 28, 2015, 04:29:08 PM »
Watching some Sargon of Akkad and reading some articles from James Delingpole and Milo Yiannopolous.
While having some lager and a smoke.
6566
« on: March 28, 2015, 03:32:15 PM »
im not living life based on some maymays
6567
« on: March 28, 2015, 03:28:44 PM »
maybe smoke if i can be bothered to buy a pack
6568
« on: March 28, 2015, 02:26:13 PM »
6569
« on: March 28, 2015, 02:17:05 PM »
Nobody panic, I found them.
6570
« on: March 28, 2015, 02:15:44 PM »
Looking for my FUCKING cigarettes.
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